Thursday, June 18, 2009

I wasn't going to post today but...

...I had a KILLER workout last night with my TNT group that I just had to share.

Coach Barbara is amazing, and incredibly fit. She has a daughter about my age but is WAY more in shape than I am! She's run over 30 marathons (including Boston) so she pretty much knows her stuff.

So I ran to and from the practice last night which was a little less than 2 miles from my apartment. (I almost had to sprint there because I was running late, so I was pretty tired before it even started.) We immediately got started on this killer workout.

Basically, you do each conditioning exercise for one minute. We did this on a track and used yoga mats for some of the exercises, and other things (fences, curbs) for some of the stretching and leg lifts. Check it out!

***UPDATED TO ADD: If you want a Word doc of this, let me know and I can email it out!***

1 Minute/1 Hour Conditioning Workout
By: TNT Coach Barbara Halpern

Cardio (10 Minutes)
Easy running
Skipping
Chase (R/L) - Running sideways, shuffling heels together)
Fast grapevine (R/L)
Walking high leg kicks (R/L)
Walking alternating lunges
Backwards running
Forward easy run
Bleacher or bench step-ups (Step up right, step up left, step down right, step down left, repeast with left side up first) 2 minutes

Strengthening (20 Minutes)
Side-lying leg lifts
Side -lying leg circles -two directions, as big as you can make it
Side-lying, top leg forward toe-taps
**Do all of these for a total of 4 minutes, then repeat on other side**
Pelvic lifts up -on back
Pelvic lifts- right and left
Standing heel taps (R/L) - We used a curb for these, one leg on curb, other foot heel tapping the ground, about 4 inches down

Standing rear leg lifts (don't touch up leg to ground)
Standing rear bent leg lifts
Standing rear bent leg pulses
**Do all three then repeat on other side**

Core Strength (10 Minutes)
On back, limbs form X, R arm to L foot touch (then reverse)
Pike - Arms touch straight legs
Elbow to knee bicycle crunch

Tibetins (head lifted, straight legs lift, legs down, head down)
Oblique twist "chasers" with straight legs (Arms out, R leg down to R hand, L leg follows, L leg up, R leg follows, then reverse)
Plank
Superman
Swim (Just like superman, but use arms and legs to "swim," R arm up, L leg up, reverse)

Stretching (10 Minutes)
Standing single-leg balances (Eyes open and eyes closed, R/L) - This is to strengthen our ankles so they're less likely to twist!
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Might be kind of tough to understand, so if you have any questions about a specific exercise, email me!

Also...so excited about my dessert charity night! Yesterday I found out that a local bakery, Cupcake, is donating cupcakes for the evening!

Woo hoo now I don't have to bake as much :) Thanks go out to Kristin, owner and cupcake extraordinaire, who is also training for an endurance event!

Have a great Thursday folks, almost the weekend!

14 comments:

  1. Whoaaa, that sounds like an INTENSE workout, and your coach sounds like a hoss!

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  2. Wow! Workout sounds tough but good!! So excited for you that Cupcake is donating to your event!!

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  3. That sounds easy in theory, but I bet so hard in reality. I would be so sore the next day...

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  4. Oh My! Are you feeling the workout today? I don't think I'd be able to walk after that. If you don't mind, would you email me the workout in a word doc?

    Good luck on the studying!

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  5. Good luck tonight, darlin! Save me one!!

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  6. Hella workout!! Cupcake rocks, they are so sweet and rich but Rich and I LOVE them!

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  7. Intense workout! those cupcakes look amazing..doesn't help that I am starving right now!

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  8. That workout is making me crave a cupcake. Doubly successful post. :) You should totally email me the word doc version of that. Also a cupcake if you can figure out how to convert a delicious cupcake into html coding (I'm not sure if that's the correct term, but it sounds techy enough, HA!)

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  9. That's awesome! Go you!


    And please direct me to this post when, in two weeks, I complain about coming back from vacation and being lazy. Thanks.

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  10. Glad you're liking the TNT stuff!

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  11. Whew! Sounds like an insane workout!!

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  12. I stumbled across your blog and got all excited because a. you're in Charleston and b. you are training with TNT! I had the privilege of training with Coach Barbara last summer...she is amazing! I even got to run Chicago with her! Good luck and have fun at MCM! I'll be out there too!

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  13. Thank you for the wonderful goodies!

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